Attitude of Gratitude

Attitude of Gratitude
By Tommy Franks

"It is a FACT that you project what you are" (Norman V. Peale).

Someone once said that a pessimist is a person who...regardless of the present...is disappointed in the future.

A wise person (John Wooden) said, "Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what YOU CAN DO."

Formerly, I have said a lot about looking in the mirror every morning and talking to yourself. WHY? Because we behave in a manner that is consistent with the way we see ourselves. If you view yourself as a successful individual, your actions will follow through with every effort to make that happen. Eventually, you will see your goals and dreams fulfilled. We make our own destiny. We do. No one can cause us to fail...but us! I cannot blame anyone else for my failures, problems, shortcomings, idiosyncrasies, peculiarities, and inconsistencies... BUT ME. I must take the responsibility for my own life.

A good attitude is not only "getting a life", but it is also being responsible for your life and actions!

"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do" (John Wooden).

Take a good look at yourself. What do you see? What do you really see? Do you see a positive individual or negative individual? We BEHAVE in the manner and way in which we see ourselves.

Someone once said that quitting is a permanent solution to a temporary problem!

William James said, "The greatest discovery of our generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their minds."

This morning I got out of bed on the right side. Sometimes, I get out of bed on the left side. Does it really matter on which side I get up? I personally believe that it is all "in the mind" and attitude!

"The greatest MISTAKE a person can make is doing nothing" (John Maxwell).

If you believe you can do something, the chances are...you can. If you BELIEVE that it is impossible, the chances are...you are right. However, if it looks impossible, but you somehow BELIEVE that you can do it anyway, the chances are...you will!

An old King Solomon proverb says, "As a man/woman thinks in his/her heart, so is he/she."

Is life fair? Is our justice system fair? Do we have inequities in this life on Planet Earth? How do we react to those inequities? Do we sometimes have difficulties with other people? Then pinch yourself because you are very much alive and living a normal life. We are measured by the winds of adversity, the heat of the fire/furnace, the grinding of metal (iron sharpens iron), and the elasticity of our strengths. No one has ever trained to fight a war by sitting around the camp fire on a warm summer night eating bun buns, roasted hot dogs, and homemade ice-cream. A good soldier is a soldier seasoned by adversity.